Insects are investigated as alternative protein source to meet the increasing demand for proteins in the future. Enzymatic browning occurring during grinding of insect and subsequent extraction of proteins can influence the proteins' properties, but it is unclear which enzymes are responsible for this phenomenon. This study was performed on larvae of three commonly used insect species, namely T...

Inadequate and lacking sanitation and wastewater treatment systems can lead to the spreading of diarrhoeal diseases. One contributing factor in the lack of such treatment systems is the lack of economic incentives for stakeholders throughout the service chain. However, the organic fraction of the waste is high in valuable plant nutrients and could be reused in agriculture and as animal feed. Fo...

Antimicrobial peptides from a wide spectrum of insects possess potent microbicidal properties against microbial-related diseases. In this study, seven new gene fragments of three types of antimicrobial peptides were obtained from Hermetia illucens (L), and were named cecropinZ1, sarcotoxin1, sarcotoxin (2a), sarcotoxin (2b), sarcotoxin3, stomoxynZH1, and stomoxynZH1(a). Among these genes, a 189...

Feed security, feed quality and issues surrounding the safety of raw materials are always of interest to all livestock farmers, feed manufacturers and competent authorities. These concerns are even more important when alternative feed ingredients, new product developments and innovative feeding trends, like insect-meals, are considered. The black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) is considered a ...

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh umur panen terhadap kandungan protein kasar, lemak kasar dan serat maggot Hermetia Illucens. dilaksanakan di Kp. Babakan Tahu RT/RW 02/01 Desa Karyamukti Kecamatan Cibatu Kabupaten Garut pada bulan Agustus-September 2020. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian adalah eksperimental dengan Rancangan Acak Lengkap (RAL) terdiri dari 4 Perlakuan (P1...

Black soldier fly larvae (Hermetia illucens) were discovered in a weak honey bee colony Hailey, Idaho. The localized to the brood area and caused affected comb putrefy. Further communication with beekeeper revealed that recently returned from California likely originated there as well. In California, H. illucens are common exist sympatrically bees, yet have been very few reports of damage. We t...